तद् देव्यौ क्रियतां तावदस्माकं शोकनाशनम् । महतां दर्शनं नाम न कदाचन निष्फलम् ॥ ३९ ॥
tad dēvyau kriyatāṁ tāvadasmākaṁ śōkanāśanam | mahatāṁ darśanaṁ nāma na kadācana niṣphalam || 39 ||
Translation
So, goddesses, put an end to our grief; for the sight of the great is never without fruit.
Word by word
- tad
- (tat) so
- dēvyau
- goddesses
- kriyatāṁ
- put
- tāvad
- (tāvat) now
- asmākaṁ
- our
- śōka
- grief
- nāśanam
- an end to
- mahatāṁ
- of the great
- darśanaṁ
- the sight
- nāma
- indeed
- na
- not
- kadācana
- ever
- niṣphalam
- without fruit
Meaning
The son ends his long lament with a request. The saying that the sight of the great is never fruitless is answered at once in the next verse.